Tapeworm Species Details

Spiniloculus ratnagiriensis (Deshmukh & Shinde, 1980) Desjardins & Caira, 2011
Tetraphyllidea: Balanobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 12789
Order Tetraphyllidea
Family Balanobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Spiniloculus
Species ratnagiriensis
Authority (Deshmukh & Shinde, 1980) Desjardins & Caira, 2011
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Spinibiloculus ratnagiriensis Deshmukh & Shinde, 1980
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Citation(s)

Deshmukh, R. A. and G. B. Shinde. 1980. Spinibiloculus ratnagiriensis gen. n., sp. n. (Cestoda, Onchobothriidae) from a marine fish Ginglymostoma concolor of the west coast of India. Acta Parasitologica Polonica 27: 431-435.

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Desjardins, L. and J. N. Caira. 2011. Three new species of Spiniloculus (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from Chiloscyllium punctatum (Elasmobranchii: Orectolobiformes) off Borneo with clarification of the identity of the type of the genus. Folia Parasitologica 58(1): 55-68.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/08/2013 Created B. Barbeau
01/02/2014Modified
06/06/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
01/10/2016ModifiedJ. Caira
01/13/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
08/07/2017ModifiedJ. Caira

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Orectolobiformes
Host Family Ginglymostomatidae
Type Host
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Genus Ginglymostoma
Species concolor
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Nebrius
Species ferrugineus
Subspecies
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Site in Host spiral intestine
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Type Locality

Country India
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.